SNELSON: COMEDY IS DYING #4 (OF 5)

(W) Paul Constant (A/CA) Fred Harper

Cue up the laugh track! Comedian Melville Snelson doesn’t know how many oxycontins he took. (Laughter) His shows are bombing. (Laughter) His website is attracting trolls who threaten violence. (Laughter) A comic he identifies with just committed suicide. (Laughter, applause) Time for a near-death experience with the possibility of a fatal encore. (Crickets) Plus: prose & pix, AHOY-style!